Leicester 15 Bath 6: Flood kicks Tigers into final

Leicester power destroys Bath dreams with second-half penalty spree to book Premiership final date with Saracens

Bath defenders close in to halt a surging run by Leicester's Toby Flood (Paul Harding)
Bath arrived in Leicester abuzz with self belief. From the dregs of the
relegation fight on New Year’s Day to within 80 minutes of a Premiership
final at Twickenham, 2010, and with the invigorating financial input of
fanatical rugby follower, Bruce Craig, Bath dared to dream.

Those dreams were splattered all over Leicester by full time. The final score
of 15-6 makes the match appear as if it was – at some stage – in the
balance. And it is true that the West Country side were within a converted
try of victory until Toby Flood kicked the Tigers into a nine-point lead in
the 73rd minute, but these facts can be deceptive. Bath do not need parody
to weave their spells but they require some sort of platform, rather than
the quicksand that was their set piece in the second half. Beauty was
expelled as ugly pragmatism gripped hold of the